Linking CAD files

My favorite way to be able to bring in CAD drawing information into the Revit environment…is to link that information into Revit.…In order to do this, let's go ahead and create a drafting view and then we will drop that…linked information in to Revit.…So we'll come over here and we're going to go to the View Tab and we're going to create…a new Drafting View.…For the name of this view we're going to call this Linked Detail.…The scale doesn't really matter, we could always change it after the fact if need be,…so we'll just click on OK to that.…

Now this creates a new blank drafting view that we're going to link our CAD information into.…So underneath the Insert tab on the Ribbon, we're going to move down and we're going to…select on Link CAD.…For those of you that are already familiar with AutoCAD, this is the same concept as…being able to bring an xref into AutoCAD, except in this case we're linking this Truss…drawing into our Revit environment.…Highlight on Truss we're going to move down here and we have a choice between Black and…

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10/30/2012

Discover how to create detailed architectural models and documentation in Revit Structure. This course includes an introduction to the user interface; hands-on experience drawing and editing Revit elements; viewing and manipulating objects in 3D; and producing design documentation from a Revit model and imported CAD entities. Author Brian Myers provides detailed instructions for building the most common structural components, such as columns, walls, foundations, beams and bracings, and ramps and stairs, which you can recreate in your own architectural drawings.